Repairman 1#: Homer, there's no easy way to tell you this: I'm afraid I'm gonna have to saw your arms off.Homer: They'll grow back, right?Repairman 1#: Oh... yeah.[He cranks up the rotary saw and moves it toward Homer's arm... ]Repairman 2#: Wait a minute. Homer, are you just holding on to the can?Homer: Your point being...?

rhondajeremy:Repairman 1#: Homer, there's no easy way to tell you this: I'm afraid I'm gonna have to saw your arms off.Homer: They'll grow back, right?Repairman 1#: Oh... yeah.[He cranks up the rotary saw and moves it toward Homer's arm... ]Repairman 2#: Wait a minute. Homer, are you just holding on to the can?Homer: Your point being...?

I saw a kid do that in one of those shiatty "plastic ball with prize" gumball dispensers. He was screaming and pitching a royal shiat-fit as firemen sprayed silicone lube on his arm, up in the gumball machine, etc.

This went on for about 5 minutes, with the kid getting more and more agitated, screaming at the top of his lungs that it was stuck, etc.

One of the firemen said "Well, there's nothing left to do but chop it off" as he rocked his fire axe side to side by the handle, with the axe head resting against the top of his boot.

The little kid's eyes got about as big as saucers, and magically, he yanked his arm out of the machine with nothing more than a bruised ego to show for it.

The teen was then taken into custody by police who said he may face charges for petty theft.In the end, the teenager never got his soda.

Why theft if he never got the can out of the machine? I could see vandalism because his actions caused the machine to be destroyed, maybe trespassing or burglary since he was trying to break into somewhere to steal something.

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Wait a minute! Is that the little bastige? (drtfa)If so, cut his f*cking arm off! Thieving bastard skate board punk!Pay up or GTFO you lazy prick!/too many of these entitled little shiats in my town.//ruins things for everyone!

Current model Coca Cola machines are pretty good about single dispensing. But the non-Coca Cola machines in front of Wal-Marts tend to be low grade and susceptible to multiple presses. If you come across a non - Coca Cola machine just hit the button a bunch of times quickly.

"I like when you reach into the vending machine to grab your candy bar, that flaps goes up to block you from reaching up. That's a good invention. Before that, it was hard times for the vending machine owners. 'What candy bar are you getting?' 'That one... and every one on the bottom row!'"

The teen was then taken into custody by police who said he may face charges for petty theft.

Really, "petty theft"? Is there not an official charge for wasting loads of police/fire department time in San Diego? Maybe something with a fine on par with the hourly wages of everyone that had to come out at 5am to mitigate the results of self-inflicted stupidity?

While that's a joke, the engineers of the machines take it seriously. There's a reason most vending models can't hold anything bigger than a pack of gum on the bottom row even with the second flap in there. (Gum costs the vendor something like 10 cents a pack, though it's usually sold for like a buck fifty).

rhondajeremy:Repairman 1#: Homer, there's no easy way to tell you this: I'm afraid I'm gonna have to saw your arms off.Homer: They'll grow back, right?Repairman 1#: Oh... yeah.[He cranks up the rotary saw and moves it toward Homer's arm... ]Repairman 2#: Wait a minute. Homer, are you just holding on to the can?Homer: Your point being...?

Jim_Callahan:The teen was then taken into custody by police who said he may face charges for petty theft.

Really, "petty theft"? Is there not an official charge for wasting loads of police/fire department time in San Diego? Maybe something with a fine on par with the hourly wages of everyone that had to come out at 5am to mitigate the results of self-inflicted stupidity?

WriteInCandidate: "'That one... and every one on the bottom row!'"

While that's a joke, the engineers of the machines take it seriously. There's a reason most vending models can't hold anything bigger than a pack of gum on the bottom row even with the second flap in there. (Gum costs the vendor something like 10 cents a pack, though it's usually sold for like a buck fifty).

I'd hope at a minimum the kid's family is on the hook for the cost of the vending machine and the cost of the rescue crew heading out. The perp spending the night in lockup might not be a bad idea either to give him some perspective on the consequences of theft.

I don't agree with victims having to pay for their rescue when their situations arise from chance or even poorly-thought-out, but legal, risk taking behavior, but I have no problem with those who are rescued due to their own criminal actions being made responsible for the full financial burden of their actions.

TuteTibiImperes:I don't agree with victims having to pay for their rescue when their situations arise from chance or even poorly-thought-out, but legal, risk taking behavior, but I have no problem with those who are rescued due to their own criminal actions being made responsible for the full financial burden of their actions.

Yeah, that's the line I would personally draw, too. I'm fine with saving people from their own stupid (at least to an extent), but if we're going to save them from complications related to them intentionally breaking the law I feel like they should pay us back the expense at minimum and maybe a small "fark you" fee on top of that.

A friend of mine used to work for Coca-Cola, he would deal with the vending machines. At one point he had to go service one that was due to be removed. It was filled with quarters at the bottom of it, since for some silly reason whoever was in charge of it had not collected the money, but just would fill it back up with cans.

Some vending machines can weigh a lot (900 lbs+) and this one was full of change in the bottom, too. So, he and 3 other guys went to get it.

It was on a little hill, at the bottom of which was a compact car.

They move the machine a little, it gets away from them, carthwheels down the hill and squishes the parked car.

ArmednHammered:Wait a minute! Is that the little bastige? (drtfa)If so, cut his f*cking arm off! Thieving bastard skate board punk!Pay up or GTFO you lazy prick!/too many of these entitled little shiats in my town.//ruins things for everyone!

I am jealous of your community.We're more focused on gang violence, overdoses, and pregnancy when it comes to problems with the young.But, damn, skater kids? Wow. What a world.